‘I imagine that if that reader of Bazaar could see us now, she would be astonished,’ she wrote.

However, she quickly acknowledges that that is not far enough:

‘I read recently that the World Economic Forum predicted that it will take 83 years for the gaps in rights and opportunities between women and men to close in all countries….Eighty-three years seems far longer than anyone, man or woman, would ever hope for or imagine.’

She goes on to urge everyone to do more: ‘There is a lot we can’t predict about the world 150 years from now. But we do know that our great-grandchildren will be living with the consequences of decisions we make now.’

Angelina Jolie has campaigned through much of her career for human rights including support for charities such as UNICEF and the UN Refugee Agency to help end poverty and poor treatment all over the world.

Her and Brad Pitt’s daughter Shiloh was born in the African country and Angelina says her family has been working with the conservation reserve for the ‘past decade’.

The powerful letter, although not at all addressing the Harvey Weinstien scandal, has some good advice for those standing up, including Angelina herself, in its wake.

‘If my life experience has taught me anything, it is only what you stand for, and what you choose to stand against, that defines you. As the San people say: you are never lost if you can see your path to the horizon.’